Norman Gasbarro | April 11, 2018
George N. Wilver is buried at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War he served in the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company L, as a Private from 14 February 1865 through his honorable discharge on 14 July 1865. He was born 22 January 1842, the son of George G. Wilver and his wife […]
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Tags: G.A.R., Halifax, Lenkerville, Millersburg
Norman Gasbarro | April 2, 2018
The death of Conrad Zimmerman in Halifax, Dauphin County, on 22 October 1930, was widely reported in area newspapers because he was the last surviving member of a G.A.R. post that had disbanded. The portrait above was published in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 24 October 1930. What was not stated in any of the articles […]
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Tags: African American, Carsonville, G.A.R., Halifax, Powell's Valley
Norman Gasbarro | March 28, 2018
According to her death certificate, Emma [Hoffman] Yentch died on 5 January 1908 in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of pneumonia. She was the widow of Frederick Yentch, a Civil War veteran who died in Lykens on 11 September 1885. Her obituary, which appeared in the Lykens Standard, 10 January 1908, told of her role in […]
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Tags: G.A.R., Lykens, Tower City, Williamstown
Norman Gasbarro | March 21, 2018
From a listing that appeared in the Lykens Standard, 17 May 1917, compiled by Claude Keiser, a member of the Sons of Veterans, the name of George Willis appears as a burial in the Union Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Keiser, in supplying the information, which included all the Lykens cemeteries. indicated that his list […]
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Norman Gasbarro | March 14, 2018
Abel Wise, who was born in Millersburg on 3 October 1821, the son of Adam Wise (1751-1833) and Catherine Neiman Patton Wise (1785-1863). At the time of the Civil War, he served in the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Sergeant, from 25 February 1865 through his honorable discharge on 24 August 1865. […]
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Tags: Berrysburg, G.A.R., Jackson Township, Lykens Borough, Mifflin Township, Millersburg, Wiconisco Township